Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University or CNU, is a four-year college located in Newport News, Virginia. It was established in 1961 as a 2 year college and became a four-year college in 1971. It acheived university status in 1992.

Christopher Newport University or CNU, is a four-year college located in Newport News, Virginia. It was established in 1961 as a 2 year college and became a four-year college in 1971. It acheived university status in 1992.
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RICHMOND — They canned his name for a health-care initiative, changed the name of his economic development fund, whacked his effort to expand pre-school — all in all, the governor had a tough time in the General Assembly this year.
But it...

If Greg Dawson's five-year streak was to end, it surely would have been Thursday. There were eight inches of new-fallen snow covering his Williamsburg neighborhood, and the roads had been untouched by plows.
But Dawson was out there, determined to...

Young and old, working and retired, military and civilian. The Hampton Roads Philharmonic is a mixed bag of musicians with a common bond: the music they love to play.
Founded less than two years ago, the community orchestra gave its first performance in...

Ships from the Royal Canadian Navy have sailed south to train off the coast of Virginia and the Carolinas this week with sailors from Norfolk.
Carrier Strike Group 4, based at Naval Station Norfolk, is leading the exercise that began Monday. Destroyer...

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Pediatricians at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk cautioned against potential misunderstandings regarding the peanut allergy study published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The study found that exposing non-allergic infants to peanuts before age 1 actually helped prevent a peanut allergy, lowering the risk by as much as 81 percent. Early exposure seemed to help build tolerance.
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It was the highest-profile piece of undeveloped land in the city — and the value of the 44 acres at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Oyster Point Road has plunged and soared with developer John R. Lawson's ability to negotiate a good price — and new zoning.
The question was what to do with a corner of one of the busiest intersections in the state.
The options: set it aside as a possible site for Jefferson National Laboratory research facilities that hadn't materialized in nearly two...

Hampton Roads woke up to record-breaking cold Friday, and another record is possible Saturday morning, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.
A low temperature of 9 degrees was recorded Friday in Norfolk, the closest city for which the weather service keeps official records. The previous record — 13 degrees — was set in 1896, according to Dan Proch at the weather service office in Wakefield.
Saturday's forecast shows a low of 10 degrees in Norfolk, which would beat the record of 11...

The inaugural One City Marathon is about three weeks away, and more than 1,500 people are signed up to run in the three races.
The city is projecting at least 2,000 runners total for all events, plus thousands more cheering them on, said Telly Whitfield, assistant to the city manager.
As of Friday afternoon, 916 people have signed up to run the marathon, 491 of whom will run it in relay teams.
The marathon will begin at 7 a.m. Sunday, March 15, at Newport News Park and head south, snaking in and out...

Last year, Michael and Suzanne Naler won a landscape makeover for their backyard in Newport News, courtesy of Landscapes by Eric Bailey of York County.
Before the $10,000 redo, the yard was bland, according to the Nalers. They won the prize at a 2014 home and garden show in Hampton, where owner Eric Bailey had a landscape display.
"We couldn't get any grass to grow up on the hill," says Michael Naler.
"We had a deck that we built, but the yard was missing something. Now the bottom of the yard...

CNU Writers Conference
It's not too late to register for Christopher Newport University's 34th Annual Writers Conference which kicks off Friday at 3 p.m. and runs through Saturday at 4 p.m. Workshops, agent/editor panels, book sales and more. Keynote speakers are poet Bill Brown and non-fiction author Michael Tougias. All events take place at CNU's campus, 1 Avenue of the Arts in Newport News. Details: cnu.edu/writers.
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